Lot 60
A Bronze Ritual Tripod Food Vessel and Cover, Ding, Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
Lot 60 Details
A Bronze Ritual Tripod Food Vessel and Cover, Ding, Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
战国 青铜团花纹鼎
Raised on three cabriole feet, the rounded sides incised with two bands of flowerhead roundels and cast with a pair of mask ring handles, the cover similarly incised and surmounted by three recumbent animals
height 6.7 in — 17 cm, diameter 8.1 in — 20.5 cm
Estimate $50,000-$70,000
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Provenance:
Important Archaic Bronzes and Chinese Jades from the Collection of Albert Y.P. Lee and Sara K.S. Lee
来源：李尔白及骆桂生伉俪珍藏重要青铜器及玉器
Albert Y.P. Lee (1930-2021) was the son of Li Yingshuan (1911-1972), a major donor of archaic Chinese bronzes to the Shanghai Museum in 1979. Li Yingshuan was the grandnephew of Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), the prominent statesman, general and diplomat of the late Qing dynasty. Albert Y.P. Lee opened “Far East Gallery” in Yorkville, Toronto, during the early 1970s until the 1990s.
李尔白(1930-2021)为著名金石鉴藏家李荫轩(1911-1972)之子。李荫轩先生为晚清重臣李鸿章(1823-1901)侄孙，其部分高古青铜器珍藏于1979年捐赠予上海博物馆，成为现藏于上博的重要珍器。李尔白先生曾在1970年至1990年间于多伦多市中心约克维尔运营’远东艺廊’。李尔白先生好古敏求，所集成此组珍贵高古青铜器及玉器展现出其一生对中国古史笃行不倦的追求。
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Literature:
Y.P. Lee, 'Important Inscribed Ancient Chinese Bronze Vessels from the Li Yingshuan Collection in the Shanghai Museum, vol. II, Shanghai, 1996, p. 37 and 47, no. 45.
出版：李尔白(Y.P. Lee)上海博物馆<李荫轩所藏中国青铜器>上海，1996年，卷2，第37，45及47页
Note:
A near-identical example with the same 'flower ball' pattern can be found at the Palace Museum Beijing, accession number 故00077403; another near-identical example is illustrated in Li Xueqin, Zhongguo meishu quanji: Gongyi meishu bian, 5: Qingtong qi, vol. 2, Beijing, 1986, pl. 175; and a similar but larger Eastern Zhou vessel was sold at Christie's New York, April 22, 1999, lot 191
非常相似一例团花纹鼎，请参考故宫博物院，藏品编号: 故00077403；李學勤編，《中國美術全集工藝美術編5：青銅器》，卷2，北京，1986年，圖版175；以及纽约佳士得1999年4月22日售出一例东周铜鼎，拍品编号191
Palace Museum Beijing, accession number 故00077403
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